About the Titanic

Below are some facts and figures about the Titanic:

  • Owned by White Star Line
  • Port of Registry – Liverpool
  • Ordered 17th September 1908
  • Built – Belfast by Harland and Wolff
  • Route – Southampton to New York City.
  • Maiden Voyage – 10th April 1912
  • the vvessel sank at 02:20 on 15th April 1912

Dimensions and Statistics:

  • • Length – 882 feet 6 inches.
  • • Beam – 92 feet 6 inches.
  • • Draft – 34 feet 6 inches.
  • • Height – 175 feet from keel to stack (the boat deck was 60 feet above the waterline).
  • • Decks – 9 total, A through G with the boilers below.
  • • Weight – 46,328 Registered Tons.
  • • Hull Construction – 1 inch thick plate steel held together with over 3 million steel rivets.
  • • Power plant – 29 coil stoked boilers, each 3 stories high. The boilers used 3 of the stacks for exhaust, the fourth was used to vent Titanics’ numerous kitchens and galleys. The stacks were 22 feet wide and 62 feet high.